See also: Droit

English

Etymology

From French.

Noun

droit (plural droits)

  1. (law) A legal right or entitlement.

French

 
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Etymology

Inherited from Old French droit (spelled dreit in Early Old French), inherited from Vulgar Latin *drēctus, syncopated form of Latin dīrēctus. Doublet of direct. In Middle French, it was for a time spelled droict to reflect the original Latin etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁwa/ ~ /dʁwɑ/
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Noun

droit m (plural droits)

  1. right (entitlement)
    J’ai le droit de dormir.I have the right to sleep.
    Antonym: interdiction
  2. law (study of law)
    Il est étudiant en droit.He is a law student.
    Antonym: non-droit
  3. (geometry) right angle
    Un angle de trois droits.An angle of 270 degrees.

Derived terms

Adjective

droit (feminine droite, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droites)

  1. right (on the right-hand side)
    Donne-moi ta main droite.Give me your right hand.
    Antonym: gauche
  2. straight (not bent or crooked)
    Une rue droite.A straight road.
    Antonyms: courbé, tordu
  3. (geometry) right (of an angle)

Derived terms

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Adverb

droit

  1. straight, straight on
  2. upright, straight, not bent or crooked
    Tenez votre tête droit.Keep your head straight.
    Synonym: juste

Further reading


Middle French

Adjective

droit m (feminine singular droitte, masculine plural droits, feminine plural droittes)

  1. Alternative form of droict

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *drectus, syncopated form of Latin dīrectus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

droit oblique singularm (oblique plural droiz or droitz, nominative singular droiz or droitz, nominative plural droit)

  1. justice, right (that which is just)

Adjective

droit m (oblique and nominative feminine singular droite)

  1. right; correct; justified
  2. right (on the right-hand side)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle French: droict, droit
    • French: droit
  • Angevin: drait
  • Bourbonnais-Berrichon: droét
  • Norman: dreit
  • Gallo: drait
  • Picard: droét
  • Poitevin-Saintongeais: dret
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  • Walloon: droet

Adverb

droit

  1. rightly; justly
  2. directly

Quotations